Pair to face court after drugs raid
Two men have been charged with drug and fraud-related offences
Saturday March 20 2010
Two men have been charged with a number of drugs and fraud offences after a search of a house in Belfast.
The pair were arrested during a raid on Friday against an organised crime operation involving alleged cannabis cultivation, money laundering and identity card offences.
A teenage girl was also recovered from the house and is being cared for by specialist agencies.
Both men have been charged with possession of criminal property, possession of false identity documents and possession of false documents for fraud.
One of the men, aged 35, was also charged with cultivation of cannabis and the other, aged 36, was charged with being concerned in the production of a Class B drug.
They will appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The raid was the latest strike in a wider police operation against organised criminals in Greater Belfast, North Down and Downpatrick that has been running since September 2009.
In that time several cannabis factories have been closed down and drugs with an estimated street value of £2.2 million seized.
